Privacy Policy
Hebrew Greek and English Bible
Hebrew Greek and English Bible
Last updated: 7 August 2026
Ferreira e Zavarise LTDA ("we", "our" or "the company"), a publisher established in Brazil, is the controller of the personal data processed in connection with the Hebrew Greek and English Bible application ("the app" or "the service"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect your personal information.
Registered office: Itamaraju, Bahia, Brazil.
Contact: zavariseapps@gmail.com
Because English is spoken worldwide, this policy is written to cover users wherever they are — including Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Section 17 lists the laws that apply.
The basic use of the app requires no registration at all. You can read the whole Bible, use the interlinear and the lexicon, the Daily Bread and the studies without ever creating an account.
If you choose to sign in with Google to back up your data and sync it across devices, we receive:
Passwords are handled entirely by Google Sign-In and are never seen or stored by the app.
Through Google Analytics for Firebase and Firebase Crashlytics we receive technical data: device model, operating system version, app version, language, approximate region, screens visited, features used and crash reports. This data is used in aggregate to understand how the app is used and to fix faults.
You may choose photos of your own to use as a background when sharing a verse. This is always your own action: the app opens the Android photo picker and you alone decide which images are handed to it. The app never has access to the rest of your gallery, and these photos never leave your device.
When you share a verse, the app builds an image on your device and hands it to the app you pick (WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, a messaging app, and so on). From that moment the content is governed by the privacy policy of the app you chose.
Under Article 6 of the GDPR — and the equivalent provisions of the other laws listed in section 17 — every processing operation rests on a specific legal basis:
| Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Running the app and its offline features | Performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b)) |
| Cloud sync through Firebase Firestore | Performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b)) |
| Google sign-in for cloud backup | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) — you start it |
| Personalised advertising (AdMob and partners) | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) — through the consent form shown at first launch |
| Non-personalised advertising | Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)) — keeping a free app running |
| Product analytics and crash reports | Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| In-app purchase (removing ads) | Performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b)) |
You may withdraw your consent at any time in the app settings, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out beforehand.
On your device (localStorage): reading progress, notes, highlighted verses, reading history, favourites, the versions you chose in the Parallel Bible, and whether you have accepted the policies. This data stays on your device and cannot be reached from outside.
In the cloud (Firebase Firestore): only if you sign in — your profile and the backup of your notes, highlights and reading progress. Google's servers are located in the United States.
Downloaded audio files are stored in the app's own folder on your device and are removed when the app is uninstalled.
We do not sell your personal data, and we do not share it with third parties for their own marketing purposes. Data is shared only with the service providers below, and only as far as each one needs:
| Provider | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Google LLC (United States) | Firebase, AdMob, Play Services, Google Sign-In |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (United States) | Facebook Audience Network — advertising mediation |
| Pangle (ByteDance Ltd.) | Advertising mediation |
We may also disclose data where the law requires it, or to defend our rights before the competent authorities.
The app is free and is funded by advertising.
Consent: at first launch we show you a consent form built with Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP), in line with the GDPR and, where it applies, the ePrivacy Directive. You can change your choice at any time in the app settings.
Formats shown: footer banners, interstitials, an ad on opening the app, and a rectangle in the exit dialog.
Suitability: the advertising follows Google AdMob's guidelines for content suitable for all ages.
Personalization: if you do not consent to personalised advertising, you will still see ads, but they will be non-personalised.
Removing ads: you can remove every ad permanently through the in-app purchase, handled entirely by Google Play.
| Permission | Why it is needed |
|---|---|
| Internet | Online audio, background images, cloud sync, advertising |
| Notifications | Daily Bread reminder and prayer alarms |
| Exact alarms | So the reminders arrive at the time you set |
| Photos (picker) | Only the images you pick yourself, for verse backgrounds |
| Storage | Access the MP3 files you have downloaded |
Every permission can be revoked in your device settings. Revoking one only disables the matching feature; the rest of the app keeps working.
Traffic between the app and our providers travels over HTTPS/TLS. Access to cloud data is restricted by Firestore security rules, so each user can reach only their own records. Authentication is handled by Google Sign-In, and no password is ever stored by the app.
Although we use widely recognised security measures, no system is completely proof against attack. We keep improving our protection practices.
Local data: kept until you clear it in the app (Settings → Maintenance) or uninstall the app.
Cloud data: kept while your account exists. You can delete your account and all its data from within the app, in My Account → Delete my account and my data. Deletion is carried out within 30 days at the latest.
Aggregated analytics data, which no longer identifies anyone, may be kept for statistical purposes.
Wherever you live, you may ask us to:
Residents of California may also ask what categories of personal information were collected and request that it not be sold or shared — we do not sell personal information in any case. Residents of Brazil hold the rights set out in Articles 17 to 22 of the LGPD.
To exercise any of these rights, write to zavariseapps@gmail.com. We reply within 30 days.
The biblical texts in the app are in the public domain: the Hebrew Old Testament (Westminster Leningrad Codex), the Greek New Testament (Textus Receptus) and the English translations (King James, American Standard, Geneva, World English Bible, Young's Literal).
The word-by-word study data — the tagging that links each Hebrew and Greek word to its Strong's number, its grammatical parsing and its lexicon entry — comes from STEPBible Data, created by Tyndale House, Cambridge (www.STEPBible.org) and published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. We use it in modified form: the data was regrouped by book and chapter, split into morphemes and indexed so it can be searched offline. The full credit is in Third-Party Licenses, in this same menu.
This data does not travel: the texts, the lexicon and the tagging are installed with the app and read from your device. Opening the interlinear, looking a word up or reading a lexicon entry sends nothing to Tyndale House or to anyone else.
The app carries devotional biblical content and is rated as suitable for all ages. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
Digital age of consent: under the GDPR, the age at which a person can consent on their own is 16, or lower where a member state has set it so (for example 13 in Ireland, 15 in France). In the United Kingdom it is 13. In the United States, COPPA requires verifiable parental consent below the age of 13. Below the applicable age, a parent or guardian must give or authorise consent.
If you believe a child has given us personal data, write to us and we will delete it.
The app itself uses no cookies. It uses localStorage, which stays on your device and is not sent anywhere.
The address zavarise.com.br/Hebrew is a simple redirect page to Google Play. It counts how many times it is opened, using Google Analytics without storing anything on the visitor's device: no identifier is placed on the device and nobody is recognised individually. That is why the page shows no cookie banner — it sets none.
The hosting provider records the usual technical data of any web server (IP address, date and time) for security and aggregate statistics.
Some data may be processed outside your country by the providers listed in section 5, mainly in the United States.
These transfers are covered by:
We may update this policy. When we make a material change we will show a notice inside the app and update the date at the top of this page. Continuing to use the app after a change means you accept the new version.
For any question about privacy or about this policy:
Ferreira e Zavarise LTDA
Email: zavariseapps@gmail.com
Itamaraju, Bahia, Brazil
If you are not satisfied with our answer, you may complain to the data protection authority of your own country — see section 17.
Because this app is used all over the English-speaking world, this policy is written to satisfy, as each applies to you:
| Region | Law and authority |
|---|---|
| European Union | GDPR (EU 2016/679) — your national data protection authority |
| United Kingdom | UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 — Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) |
| United States | CCPA/CPRA (California) and COPPA (children) — California Privacy Protection Agency, FTC |
| Canada | PIPEDA — Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada |
| Brazil | LGPD (Law 13.709/2018) — ANPD (the company is established in Brazil) |
| Nigeria | Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 — NDPC |
| Kenya | Data Protection Act 2019 — Office of the Data Protection Commissioner |
| Ghana | Data Protection Act 2012 (Act 843) — Data Protection Commission |
| South Africa | POPIA — Information Regulator |
| India | Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 |
| Philippines | Data Privacy Act (RA 10173) — National Privacy Commission |
| Australia | Privacy Act 1988 — OAIC |
Jurisdiction: this policy is governed by Brazilian law, where the company is established. Users in the European Union may bring proceedings in the courts of their place of residence under the Brussels I bis Regulation (EU 1215/2012). Users elsewhere may bring proceedings before the competent courts of their country of residence under the protective rules of public policy that apply there.
Ferreira e Zavarise LTDA — Brazil
This document covers the Hebrew Greek and English Bible application.
See also our Terms of Use
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